Iowa City West ranked Iowa's best public high school

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IOWA CITY (KWWL) -

West Senior High School in Iowa City was ranked Iowa's number one best public high school by the research group Niche.

Niche ranked the best 100 schools in Iowa by looking at 14,431 high schools. The rankings were based on surveys from students, alumni and parents regarding academics, health, student culture, diversity, teachers, extracurriculars and sports.

The top ten were West Senior High School in Iowa City, Ames High School, Waukee Senior High School, Corning High School, Iowa City High School, John F. Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, Valley High School in West Des Moines, Bettendorf High School, Pleasant Valley High School in Riverdale and Decorah High School.